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You can now connect AI apps to InstaCharts through the InstaCharts MCP server and make charts from a chat!
Add https://api.instacharts.io/mcp as a custom connector in Claude, ChatGPT or Claude Code and sign in with your InstaCharts account. Your AI assistant can then:
- Create a sheet from a table you paste into the chat
- Import a CSV, Excel or JSON file from a web link, or send a large file through an upload link
- Build any of the 15 InstaCharts chart types and render the chart to check how it looks
- Change the chart type, columns, aggregation, sorting, colors, titles and size
- Add, change and delete rows in a sheet
- Share a chart with a public link and embed code
Charts your assistant makes use your workspace's theme, fonts, colors and locale. They are saved in your workspace, where you can keep editing them, add them to dashboards and export them.
When you connect, you choose whether the AI app can edit your data or only view it. You can remove its access at any time from Third Party Apps in your login settings. Each change the app makes counts as one task. Reading and listing your sheets and charts is free.
The MCP server is available on paid plans only.
Learn more: How to make charts in Claude and ChatGPT
You can now create a sheet from a file at a public web address and keep it updated from that link.
Import from a link
- Choose New Sheet, then Import from a link, and paste the web address of a CSV, Excel or JSON file.
- InstaCharts downloads the file and shows a preview with the usual import options: sheet name, header detection, column selection and file encoding.
- Supported formats are CSV, TSV, PSV, TXT, log, JSON, JSON Lines, Excel (.xlsx, .xls, .xlsm, .xlsb), OpenDocument (.ods, .fods) and Apple Numbers.
Sync from a link
- A sheet imported from a link keeps the link, which shows under Synced From in the sheet menu.
- Sync Now in Sync Settings downloads the latest version of the file and replaces the sheet's data. Charts, data tables, dashboards and embeds all show the new data.
- Paid workspaces can sync a link hourly, daily, weekly or monthly, and can pause a sync schedule at any time.
Read the full guide: Import and Sync Data from a Link
InstaCharts now has two gauge chart types for tracking goals and KPIs.
A gauge adds up or averages a column and shows the result on a dial, so readers can see at a glance how close a number is to its maximum or its target.
Learn more in the Gauge Chart and Grouped Gauge Chart docs.
Embedded charts can now carry your chart's look all the way through the embed. The toolbar and the data tables can take on your chart's background colors, so an embed on a dark website or a branded page looks like one piece.
You'll find the new settings in the Settings tab of the Share dialog.
Match Toolbar to Chart
- Turn on Match Toolbar to Chart to color the embed toolbar with your chart's background color.
- The toolbar text, buttons and view picker switch to light or dark colors automatically, so they stay readable on any background.
- A chart with a transparent background keeps a transparent toolbar, so it blends into the page around it.
DataTable Colors
- When you include the Full Dataset or Plotted Data view in your embed, use the new DataTable Colors dropdown to style the tables.
- Choose Light for a white table with dark text, Dark for a dark table with light text, or Match Chart to follow your chart's background.
- The same table colors apply to the full page interactive chart.
Learn more in the Embed Chart docs.
You can now invite teammates as Editors and Admins in any paid InstaCharts workspace. Your team can build sheets and charts together in one shared workspace, with each person's access set by their role.
How it works
- Open Members in your workspace's left sidebar and click Invite Member. Enter their email address, choose a role and add an optional message.
- Editors can create, edit and delete sheets and charts. Admins can do the same and can also manage members and workspace settings.
- Each Editor and Admin uses one seat at your workspace's plan price: $10 per user per month on Starter and $19 per user per month on Pro. Each paid workspace can also include up to 5 Viewers for free.
- A seat is added to your subscription as soon as someone joins as an Editor or Admin. When someone leaves or moves to Viewer, the unused time is credited to your next invoice.
- You can change a member's role or remove them at any time from the Members tab.
More capacity as your team grows
- Every seat adds your plan's monthly tasks and AI credits to a shared pool that everyone in the workspace can use.
- Editors work with your workspace's plan limits for rows, columns, file size and storage, even when their own account is on the Free plan.
Learn more in the Workspace Members docs.
New feature! Keep your dashboards and charts in sync with offline data. Update your InstaCharts sheet with newer versions of your file from your device.
This is helpful for keeping your charts in sync with an offline excel spreadsheet.
Read more in our Guide to Update Sheet Data
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🎨 Dashboard Themes
More dashboard themes are now available (including several dark themes!) These new dashboard themes match the recently released chart themes - so your dashboards and charts can match.
Read more: Dashboard Themes
Big feature! The number of chart customizations users can apply in InstaCharts keeps growing - it can be hard to keep track of them all or style different charts in the same way.
Introducing Chart Themes: Users can now apply preset themes to their charts. These themes set a variety of options on each chart, including color scheme, fonts, text styles and chart styles. Several dark themes were also included due to popular demand.
Themes are available on the left side panel under Size & Style -> Themes.
Users can also set a default chart theme for their workspace - every new chart will automatically have its theme set.
More info: Chart Themes
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💻 Analytics
View share analytics for your chart shares, embeds and dashboards from your workspace.
To view analytics per shared item, from your Workspace, click Analytics in the left side bar, then choose a shared item from the drop down. You must have shared a chart or dashboard to view analytics.
Visit our docs page on share analytics to learn more!
Have a lot of items to track in your dashboard? Keep it organized by turning on dashboard pages. A left sidebar will appear on your dashboard, where you can add navigational buttons that each navigate to a different page on your dashboard.
Available on the dashboard screen under Dashboard Settings -> Pages.
More info: Dashboard Pages
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